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Lodestar

(2,388 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:08 AM May 2016

Bernie Sanders Requests Recount in Kentucky

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Tuesday requested a recount in the close Kentucky presidential primary against front-runner Hillary Clinton, state election officials said on Tuesday.

The recanvass will take place at all 120 county boards of election on Thursday, according to the Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Grimes.

Clinton won Kentucky by just 1,924 votes, according to the unofficial totals posted on the secretary of state's elections page. She won Jefferson County, which includes Louisville and is the largest by far of the state's 120 counties, by nearly 10 times that amount

In his filing on Tuesday, Sanders requested a full check and recount of every voting machine and absentee ballot from all precincts in the counties, according to Grimes' website.

"My office is notifying all county boards of elections that Sen. Sanders has requested a recanvass, and we are reminding them of the laws and procedures to be followed," Grimes said in a statement.

Clinton, a former U.S. senator and secretary of state, narrowly defeated Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, in the May 17 presidential nominating contest in Kentucky, a state she had not been expected to win.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-kentucky-idUSKCN0YF2FK

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Bernie Sanders Requests Recount in Kentucky (Original Post) Lodestar May 2016 OP
People who watched CNN saw his votes go DOWN in 5 minutes and, sounding a lot like Harris 2000, merrily May 2016 #1
Looks like we're dealing with a sore loser StayFrosty May 2016 #2
Uh huh. Yeah, that's it. That's the ticket! Welcome to DU! merrily May 2016 #3

merrily

(45,251 posts)
1. People who watched CNN saw his votes go DOWN in 5 minutes and, sounding a lot like Harris 2000,
Wed May 25, 2016, 06:13 AM
May 2016

Secretary of State Grimes had announced it was her job to deliver the state for Kentucky. So, nothing to suspect there.

A DUer posted about calling her office and being referred to the state Democratic Party, then calling the state Democratic Party and being referred to the Office of the Secretary of State. (Somewhere, the author of Catch 22 is saying, "I told you so.&quot

However the denial on this board has been persistent and, now, new troops, well, mercenaries, have been brought in.

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